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Melbourne Cup bin rider defends her drunken antics

The young woman who became the unwitting face of the decadence of the Melbourne Cup when she was photographed drunkenly riding a wheelie bin has defended her actions and said her mother was proud of her.

New Zealand trainer Jade Jillings, 23, said she was "pretty embarrassed" when she saw the photos of herself the day after the cup but as media requests flooded in she decided that all she could do was laugh about it.

"At the end of the day we were having a laugh," she said in an interview on The Project tonight.

"People were like, 'she is not classy, that's embarrassing for Australia', but then some people were also like 'everybody does this and it's just the photographers took photos of them'. And, like, that's just the way it was."

Ms Jillings' roommate, Tyler Johnson, who was photographed with her, said the pair were just having some harmless fun.

Horse trainer Jill Jillings and her friend Tyler Johnson at the Cup. (Getty)

"There was no trouble. We were having a good time. I feel like that's what racing is about. We didn't harm anyone," he said.

The horse trainer said the controversy had not escaped their mothers in New Zealand, who said they were proud of them.